In 1991, my father and I decided to host a unique event to preserve a Native artform that began in the Southwest and ...
As Native youth performed traditional hoop dance in a competition in Santa Fe, New Mexico, the movement of the hoops created meaningful designs born of nature. Hoop dancers weave their hoops into many ...
Working with five hoops was the hardest. ShanDien LaRance modeled every move, flipping hoops forward until they were a flat, interwoven pattern in her hands before she pulled them into a ball ...